Oil-can



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. J. A. CAMPBELL.

OIL CAN.

Patented Oct. 1, 1889.

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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. J. A; CAMPBELL.

OIL CAN.

No. 411,977. Patented 001;. 1, 1889.

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JAMES A. CAMPBELL, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

' OIL-CAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 411,977, dated October 1, 1889. Application filed September 5, 1888. Serial No. 284,598. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, J AMES A. CAMPBELL, of New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented anew and Improved Oil-Can, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the annexed drawings, forming a part thereof, in which- Figure l is a vertical transverse section of an oil-can to which my improvement has been applied. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of an oilean nozzle to which a modified form of my improvement has been applied. Fig. 3 is a detail View, on an enlarged scale, of the lower end of the rod or wire, the sleeve 75, and the pin Z shown in Fig. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section taken on line so a: in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section taken on line y y in Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a horizontal section taken on line o o in Fig. 3. Fig. 7 is a horizontal section taken on line to w in Fig. 1. Fig. 8 is ahorizontal section taken on line a u in Fig. 1. Fig. 9 is a perspective view of the guide used in Fig. 1. Fig. 10 is a perspective view of the guide employed in Fig. 2, and Fig. 11 is a perspective view of the nutused in Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved oil-can which shall be simple in construction and inexpensive in manufacture, in which the nozzle remains closed, except when the bottom of the can is pressed, thereby preventing useless waste of oil between the holes, although the can during oiling may be held bottom upv to prevent the oil-outlet from becoming stopped up by not bringing it in contact with dirty, gummy oilholes, to enable the operator to see how much oil is given to each hole, and to enable him to easily control the quantity, which may be from one drop up to a continuous stream, by the pressure of the thumb upon the bottom of the can.

My invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, hereinafter described, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

The can A is provided with the usual tapering nozzle B, in the end of which. is fitted a cylindrical sleeve a. In the lower part of the nozzle is inserted a guide 0, Fig. 9, which consists of a strip of sheet metal punched into suitable shape and bent to form a short conical tube, which fits accurately the inside of the larger end of the nozzle. On the lower end of the guide 0 there is a guide-strip s, which is provided with a hole b',forn1ing a guide for the wire 0. It is also provided with the notch t, in which the adj usting-piece f is inserted to prevent the nut h from turning while the wire 0 is being screwed into the nut, also to prevent the wire a from turning while the can is in use for oiling. The adjusting piece f is continually kept in contact with the bottom (I of the can by the pressure of the spiral spring z', and the wire 0 extends from near the said bottom through the sleeve a, inserted in the nozzle of the can. In the side of the wire 0 are formed two notches c, which are about three-sixteenths of an inch longer than the sleeve to. Upon the inner end of the wire 0 is placed the adjusting-piece f,

which is made of an aperturcd sheet of metal folded together, forming eyes g g 9 in which the wire 0 is inserted. The lower end of the wire a is threaded and provided with a nut h, which has a groove in its edge. This nut is received between the eyes g 9 and is prevented from turning by the engagement of the groove with the side of the adj ustingpiece f, and between the eye 9 and the .bottom of the guide C is placed the spiral spring 1;, which surrounds the wire 0. A washerj is placed between the lower end of the spring and the eye g. By turning the wire 0 by taking hold of the curved end the said wire c is adjusted longitudinally in the adjustingpiece f, and projected more or less through the sleeve 0. by the engagement of its threaded portion with the nut h. In its normal position the notch e is drawn into the nozzle below the top of the sleeve a, and is adjusted with reference to the top of the sleeve, so that when the can-bottom (Z is pressed it will force the wire 0 upward, carrying the upper part of the notch a above the sleeve 0., thus providing an escape for the oil.

In the modification shown in Figs. 2 and 3 I have provided an adjusting-piece f, having eyes g g", which are placed on the lower end of the wire 0, a wooden pinlbeingplaced in the eye g in position. to touch the lower end of the wire 0. The adjustment of the the bottom end of the Wire cwithoutmoving iein ngiensleo h nrr r end mien le n the:

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